Gāndharva / The birth of the rāga

The birth of the rāga (राग)

The question and the answer are Bṛhaddeśī (बृहद्देशी) 278 and 280 through 283, in the same Trivandrum text as the opening. The notes that do the coloring are the seven notes. Hear a rāga (राग) in Eastern theory and on the rāga (राग) page. The practice rooms live outside this library, so this page cannot put a link back inside them.

Bṛhaddeśī (बृहद्देशी) 278

This sitting is Bṛhaddeśī (बृहद्देशी) 278. The question before Mataṅga (मतङ्ग) answers.

किमुच्यते रागशब्देन किं वा रागस्य लक्षणम् ।
व्युत्पत्तिलक्षणं तस्य यथावद् वक्तुमर्हसि ॥ kimucyate rāgaśabdena kiṃ vā rāgasya lakṣaṇam |
vyutpattilakṣaṇaṃ tasya yathāvad vaktumarhasi ||

The line

What is meant by the word rāga (राग)? Or what is the mark of a rāga (राग)? You should tell its derivation and its mark properly.

नेपालीमा

राग शब्दले के भनिन्छ? अथवा रागको लक्षण के हो? त्यसको व्युत्पत्ति र लक्षण ठीकसँग भन्नुपर्छ।

Where it sits

Nārada (नारद) has been the one who asks, from the opening of the book. Mataṅga (मतङ्ग) answers in the next sittings.

Split: kim (किम्) + ucyate (उच्यते) + rāgaśabdena (रागशब्देन) + kim (किम्) + vā (वा) + rāgasya (रागस्य) + lakṣaṇam (लक्षणम्) + vyutpattilakṣaṇam (व्युत्पत्तिलक्षणम्) + tasya (तस्य) + yathāvat (यथावत्) + vaktum (वक्तुम्) + arhasi (अर्हसि)

स्वरवर्णविशेषेण ध्वनिभेदेन वा पुनः ।
रज्यते येन यः कश्चित् स रागः संमतः सताम् ॥ svaravarṇaviśeṣeṇa dhvanibhedena vā punaḥ |
rajyate yena yaḥ kaścit sa rāgaḥ saṃmataḥ satām ||

The line

By a particular svara and varṇa (वर्ण), or again by a difference of sound, that by which anyone is colored: the good agree that that is a rāga (राग).

नेपालीमा

खास स्वर र वर्णले, अथवा फेरि ध्वनिको फरकले, जसद्वारा जोसुकै रङ्गिन्छ, सज्जनहरू त्यसलाई राग मान्छन्।

Where it sits

This is the first wording. The next verse says the same thing as a sound that colors minds. The theory room is Eastern theory.

Split: svaravarṇaviśeṣeṇa (स्वरवर्णविशेषेण) + dhvanibhedena (ध्वनिभेदेन) + vā (वा) + punaḥ (पुनः) + rajyate (रज्यते) + yena (येन) + yaḥ (यः) + kaścit (कश्चित्) + saḥ (सः) + rāgaḥ (रागः) + saṃmataḥ (संमतः) + satām (सताम्)

योऽसौ ध्वनिविशेषस्तु स्वरवर्णविभूषितः ।
रञ्जको जनचित्तानां स च राग उदाहृतः ॥ yo 'sau dhvaniviśeṣastu svaravarṇavibhūṣitaḥ |
rañjako janacittānāṃ sa ca rāga udāhṛtaḥ ||

The line

And that particular sound, adorned with svara and varṇa (वर्ण), the colorer of people's minds, is declared to be a rāga (राग).

नेपालीमा

स्वर र वर्णले सजाइएको त्यो खास ध्वनि, जसले मानिसका मनलाई रङ्गाउँछ, राग भनिन्छ।

Where it sits

The sentence people quote, rañjayati (रञ्जयति) iti rāgaḥ (रागः), is this coloring put into three classroom words. The edition's sentence is the one recited here. The rāga (राग) page is where a rāga (राग) is practiced. The practice rooms live outside this library, so this page cannot put a link back inside them.

Split: yaḥ (यः) + asau (असौ) + dhvaniviśeṣaḥ (ध्वनिविशेषः) + tu (तु) + svaravarṇavibhūṣitaḥ (स्वरवर्णविभूषितः) + rañjakaḥ (रञ्जकः) + janacittānām (जनचित्तानाम्) + saḥ (सः) + ca (च) + rāgaḥ (रागः) + udāhṛtaḥ (उदाहृतः)

इत्येवं रागशब्दस्य व्युत्पत्तिरभिधीयते ।
रञ्जनाज्जायते रागो व्युत्पत्तिः समुदाहृता ॥ ityevaṃ rāgaśabdasya vyutpattirabhidhīyate |
rañjanājjāyate rāgo vyutpattiḥ samudāhṛtā ||

The line

The derivation of the word rāga (राग) is stated in this way. From coloring, rāga (राग) is born. The derivation is declared.

नेपालीमा

राग शब्दको व्युत्पत्ति यसरी भनिन्छ। रञ्जनबाट राग जन्मिन्छ। व्युत्पत्ति बताइयो।

Where it sits

rañjayati (रञ्जयति) iti rāgaḥ (रागः) is the same derivation said in the active: it colors, therefore it is a rāga (राग). Those three words are not a separate sentence in this edition. The persons of the rāga (राग) are the next page.

Split: iti (इति) + evam (एवम्) + rāgaśabdasya (रागशब्दस्य) + vyutpattiḥ (व्युत्पत्तिः) + abhidhīyate (अभिधीयते) + rañjanāt (रञ्जनात्) + jāyate (जायते) + rāgaḥ (रागः) + vyutpattiḥ (व्युत्पत्तिः) + samudāhṛtā (समुदाहृता)